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SUBMITTER: Kawanaka Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2836487 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20091201 50
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) catalyze a new Mannich-type reaction to form beta-amino acid derivatives in high yield and enantioselectivity. The reaction is initiated by the addition of an NHC to an alpha-aryloxyaldehyde followed by elimination of a phenoxide anion which generates an enol/enolate. A Mannich addition to a tosylimine proceeds with excellent control over enantioselectivity. In a new carbene catalysis concept, catalyst regeneration is promoted by return, or rebound, and acylation o ...[more]